Improvement in vegetable-cutters



N. PETERS. FHDTOMTHOGRAPHEH, WASHINGTON. D. C.

' llutrll tude tutti @une WILLIAM A. BoYDEN AND CHARLES J. MANN, oFA-LTooNA, PENNSYL- VANIA. f*

Letters .Patent N 100,007, dated February 22, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT 'IN VEGETABLECUTTERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it mag/concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM A. BoYDEN and CHARLES J. MANN, in the cityof Altoona, county of ABlair, and State of -Pennsylvania, have inventeda new f tion ofour improved cutter;

Figure 2, an end elevation partially in section, and

Figure 3, a plan View.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, wewill now proceed to describe fully its construction and operation.

A base-plate of any suitable construction is proyided, which has properstandards for supporting the frame A.

1S represents a slide which is moved on Ways, e, by meansofthe pitman F,wheel G, and crank K.

C represents a double-edged knife, which is securely attached to the.slide Bby means of screws, as shown, it being preferably lol-ated on aline inclined from' the transverse center line inorder that it may havea drawing cut.

D D represent platesof wood, or any proper material, the outer ends ofwhich are attached to the slideB in a proper manner. Their inner end srest upon the thumb-screws a a', as shown in tig. 1. By means of thisconstruction the platesmay be adjusted so as to permit the knife to outline or coarse as may be desired.

E represent-s a box or hopper located over the slide B, as shown, whichis secured tothe frame A by means ofthumb-screws b. By means of thisconstruction it may be readily removed when desired.

H represents a follower provided with a handle in the usual manner.

The operation is as follows:

The vegetable or other substance to be cutis placed in the box E, andpressed down upon the plates D by means ofthe follower. Motion is nowgiven the slide by means of the crank, and the knife at each movementcuts a slice from the vegetable. By adjusting the plate D it may be madeto cnt lille or coarse.

When the operation is completed the box l) may be removed by unscrewingthe screws b. All the parts are thus easily reached for the purpose ofcleaning them.

Having thus'i'ully described our invention,

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Thecutter described, consisting of the base-plate, standards, frame A,slide l5, knife C, plates D, with set-screws a', removable box E, withthumb-screws b', pitman F, wheel G, and crank K, when combined asdescribed for the purpose set forth.

WM. A. BOYDEN.

CMAS. J. MANN. Witnesses:

JOHN SHOEMAKER, W. W. SNYDER.

